Word: splendid
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...excellent showing in their first appearance in inter-collegiate contest, and it is to be hoped that this success will only stimulate the class to add two more victories in the spring and thus win an unrivalled record. Too much praise cannot be given to the team for their splendid work Saturday. The game was won in spite of the odds which Harvard had to face. It was played at New Haven, where there is every facility for rattling a team, and the cheering of the plucky little crowd of Harvard men was but a drop in comparison with...
...those who know the magnificent vitality which this game builds up, or who saw, for instance, the splendid physique of those young athletes who stood in confronting lines last Saturday on the field at Harvard, the game of football stands for much more than this show of roughness. The popular notion of the game founded upon the sensational reports of the daily papers and the real game as it progresses before the eyes of the spectators are two different things. It would be amusing, if it were not interfering with the proper understanding of a vital subject, to read, within...
...twenty-five yard line. Slay back tackles him. He does most of tackling and plays a sharp game. Butler goes to within two feet of line, and Holden in two minutes has scored. Goal; 60-0. Sears misses the ball. Holden fumbles, and Trafford downs it. Piper makes splendid run up to fifteen-yard line. Harvard loses on fumble, but gets ball again. Sears makes a touchdown; 64-0. Cumnock makes another brilliant play, scoring from try at goal. Score, 70-0, as Holden kicks a goal. Wesleyan kicks ball and Sears brings it out from Harvard's twenty-yard...
Saxe, half-back, is weak at tackling. Fumbles. A splendid kicker and runs well...
Inter-collegiate tennis tournament, which was held on the New Haven club grounds last week, was the most successful ever held. The courts were in splendid condition and with the exception of the first day the weather was all that could be desired. The playing of Sears and Shaw, especially in the doubles, was perhaps the best ever seen here in an inter-collegiate tournament. We wish to extend our congratulations both to these gentleman and to the University for the splendid showing that Harvard made in the tournament...